Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr and Mrs. Frank Bruner and baby went to Thorntown, Ind., Saturday to visit relatives and attend a family reunion. Our groceries will be delivered by the new delivery system Read the schedule and order so you will get them promptly. This system is always on time. Phone 95 for your groceries.—ROWLES & PARKER. Jesse Snyder moved into his new bungalow, just east of town on the Pleasant Ridge road, last week, and W E. Harris, manager of the Dexter creamery, moved into the property he vacated in the east part of town, which Mr. Snyder sold some time ago to a Chicago man. who bought it for an investment. ■ ~ ■ Miss Esther Padgett gave a 6 o clock dinner Friday evening to sixteen of her young lady friends, the guests of honor being Misses Madge Winn, Marjorie Loughridge, Gladys Pierce and Florence and Aileen Allman, who will soon leave Rensselaer, the former for her new home in Chicago and the others to attend college at various places. Charley Mecklenberg of Lafayette, spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenberg, and Friday Frank P. Meyer with him and Louis Ramp and Ralph Donnelly drove up to the Kankakee in Mr. Meyer s big Cole car to try ‘heir luck at fishing. This week, with a party of Lafayette friends, Charley will spend in Wisconsin, fishing. Goodland Saturday Times: Phillip Roy, who lives near Rensselaer, was in Goodland Tuesday. Phil is farming and thinks he will have a fairly good corn cr0p..... Miss Frances Shand returned from her visit to Scotland thjs week. With her father, David Shand, of Remington, she landed in this cbuntry more than a week ago, but spent some time visiting with friends in New Jersey. Bannard Blake, a former graduate of the Monticello high school, was in town this morning on his way home for a two weeks’ vacation. He has a clerkship in the Income Tax Bureau ol the Treasury Department and Is located in Washington, D. C. He has had three promotions in a year and a half since he has been in the department and is well pleased with his place.—Monticello Journal. Elizur Sage returned Saturday from a trip to Redwood Falls, Minn., to look after a big farm which he purchased last year. Crops are good there and Mr. Sage has decided to retain the land and dismiss the suit he had pending against a Fowler woman to whom he had sold the tract of 630 acres and, who, after putting up a payment of SI,OOO, declined to go ahead with the deal. Miss Maud Spitler has bought a lot of Mrs. Cleve Eger, fronting east on Milroy Park, 62x160 feet in size, and expects to build a fine new house thereon. This leaves Mrs. Eger 72 feet frontage on the north of this lot, just south of the H. F. Parker home, on which they expect to build a fine home next year, also two 50 foot lots on the south of Miss Spitier s purchase. The consideration was SI,OOO.

Passing of John N. Baker. John Napoleon Baker was born in Miami county near Peru, Ind., Dec. 19, 1851, and died at his home in Barkley township, Jasper county, Ind., Sunday, Aug. 9, 1914, aged 62 years, 7 months and 21 days, after a lingering sickness of several months, but Only being confined to his bed for one week. He was united in marriage to Aley A. Stockwell Sept. 2, 1 877. To this union were born four sons and four daughters: Bruce, Russell, Glenn, Custer, Pearl, Callie, Ruby a!nd Mrs. Geo. Kimberlin, who resides in Illinois. His loving wife and companion was called home on Sept. 11, 1908, and one son, Russell, also preceded him on Oct. 4, 1912. i The deceased was the sixth child born to John and Lidia Baker and leaves to mourn their loss besides his seven children, four sisters, one brother: Mrs. Huldah Pettit, Mrs. Sarah Henderson and Mrs. Maurice Watters of Steuben county this state; one sister, Mrs. A. B. Long, and the brother reside in Jasper county. His father, mother, *four brothers and one sister have preceded him to the great beyond. In the passing of Mr. Baker the community losds one of its best known and most highly esteemed citizens, a man of marked intellectuality, good business acunJen and strict integrity, and the entire community learned to love and respect him. The funeral services were held at the home Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. Winn of Chicago, and the remains laid to rest in Prater cemetery beside his departed wife. The funeral wak the largest attended obsequies ever held in this community. xx Card of Thanks. To the friends and neighbors who have extended many kindnesses during the sickness and after the death of our beloved father, John N. Baker, we wish to extend our most heartfelt thanks.—THE CHILDREN. Subscribe for The Democrat.